Instruction
Week 9-2 atleast one full page
Provide a description of a personal situation in a learning environment in which self-efficacy enhanced your motivation. Use self-efficacy theory to support your response. Then provide an example of how self-efficacy theory could be applied in a learning environment to enhance students motivation.
Book Excerpt: Arndt, J., & Goldenberg, J. L. (2002). From threat to sweat: The role of physiological arousal in the motivation to maintain self-esteem. In A. Tesser, D. A. Stapel, & J. V. Wood (Eds.), Self and motivation: emerging psychological perspectives (pp. 4369). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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Article: Bandura, A., &, Locke, E. A. (2003). Negative self-efficacy and goal effects revisited. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(1), 8799.
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Article: Seifert, T. L. (2004). Understanding student motivation. Educational Research, 46(2), 137149.
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Article: Zurbriggen, E. L., & Sturman, T. S. (2002). Linking motives and emotions: A test of McClelland's hypotheses. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(4), 521535.
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